Taken at the family reunion in Texas this weekend.
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A couple women
I just love this photo. That is all. I saw them being cute on the hill above me, while I was taking some photos of the house, and when I pointed the lens at them, they posed. Normally I hate poses. But this came out very nice. And I had Continue Reading
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Style
While overall, I can be drawn to a photo for many reasons, there are some obvious trends in my favorite photos (taken by other photographers); as seen by looking at my favorites on Flickr. Japanese Many of the Japanese photographers in my Flickr list have similarities in style. It’s a Continue Reading
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Watkins Glen
Watkins Glen in NY this weekend. (more on flickr)
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Birthdays
Spent my birthday at a party for a friend:
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Saturday
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May 2011 Latex Shoot
I did another one of the Latex Body Paint photo shoots, last weekend. Wonderful model… good time. I was told the privacy standard this time was basically “the model doesn’t want to be recognizable”. So I’m posting one of the few photos without a face in it. Click below to Continue Reading
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Dream Photos
So one of my dream locations to photograph would be the shipbreaking beaches in India or Pakistan. When oceanliners, tankers, and cargo ships get too old to operate any more, they beach them in these places, and workers chop them to bits. This isn’t clean, or safe, or tidy. These Continue Reading
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Advice on Life
Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you’ve got to be kind. — Kurt Continue Reading
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Faces Project Update
Just a quick update on the Faces Project. It is still alive and well. It was originally scheduled to be done by now. I gave people a month to write their stories. We had about 9 participants. But at the deadline, only 3 people had gotten me their stories. Life Continue Reading
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New Year’s Eve
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Wine and Salty Meat
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Sunday: Beginning and End
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Dinner
Made a nuisance of myself the other evening while Heidi fixed a very good dinner. Click for the photo set.
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More Random Quotes
A man’s only as old as the woman he feels. – Groucho Marx Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. – Oscar Wilde (via Clayton Cubitt) Acknowledge that you are worthy of receiving something so that love becomes authentically mutual and reciprocal. – Cornel West (via Continue Reading
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Photo Shoot
Finally processed most of the photos from the shoot a couple weeks ago. You can click on the photo below to see them. WARNING: There is nudity, and it’s probably not safe for small children, nor my family.
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Lenore
I really like this shot of Lenore, behind the scenes at the photo shoot the other day. She was done shooting for the day, and standing in the back, occasionally art directing.
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Light Test
This was a lighting test shot from a shoot this weekend, before any makeup, outfits, etc.
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Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe
I love this photo. Came across it a while back on Tumblr. It was taken by Gerard Malanga, of Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe. I hadn’t known until I heard an NPR Fresh Air interview with Patti Smith, that the two of them were a couple at one point in Continue Reading
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Faces
“Faces” project off and running. Write a story describing the origins of what’s happening in a chosen photo. Open to anyone now – 3 weeks remain to contribute. Join us: https://www.strangeday.net/faces/?page_id=2